Fall Welcome Message from the Provost

Dear Colleagues: 

I hope that your first week of the fall semester has gone well. It is my privilege to serve as Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost this year. Please know that my door is always open. I would welcome the opportunity to speak with you about academic matters. 

I would also like to extend a warm welcome to our new faculty colleagues. I had the pleasure of meeting many of our 46 new faculty members during their orientation in late August. Please welcome them as they acclimate to UMaine. 

I harbor little doubt that a lengthy email containing a vast amount of information would be overwhelming. For this reason, I would like to share pertinent information and updates for the upcoming academic year on this webpage. Please take a moment to visit this page. For example, there was a flurry of consequential activity at the end of AY24-25 resulting from shared governance processes: Gen Ed reform was completed; major changes to the Catalog were approved; and a new approach to Credit for Prior Learning was devised and implemented. 

Thank you for the work that you do every day to serve our students, elevate our communities, contribute to the university’s mission, improve UMaine’s stature, and enhance the impact of our research and teaching in Maine and beyond. Most of this work is visible only to a handful of colleagues and students, but it is indispensable to our collective success. Please let me know how the Office of the Provost can support your work.

Sincerely,

Gabe Paquette
Interim Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost
University of Maine and University of Maine at Machias
5703 Alumni Hall, Suite 201 | Orono, ME 04469